father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

Eliashib = "God restores"

1. a priest in David's reign

2. a descendant of David

3. a high priest in Nehemiah's time

4. a temple singer with foreign wife

5. one of the line of Zattu

6. one of the line of Bani

Darius = "lord"

1. Darius the Mede, the son of Ahasuerus, king of the Chaldeans, who succeeded to the Babylonian kingdom on the death of Belshazzar; probably the same as "Astyages" the last king of the Medes (538 BC)

2. Darius, the son of Hystaspes, the founder of the Perso-Arian dynasty (521 BC)

3. Darius II or Darius III

   1. Darius II, Nothus (Ochus) was king of Persia during the time of Nehemiah (424/3 - 405/4 BC). Darius II is the most probable because he is mentioned by Nehemiah and ruled during the time of Nehemiah

   2. Darius III, Codomannus was king of Persia during its last years at the time of Alexander the Great and was his opponent (336 - 330 BC)

Jaddua = "knowing"

1. one of the chiefs of the people who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

2. son and successor in the high priesthood of Jonathan, Jeshua, or Johanan; the last of the high priests mentioned in the OT, probably living in the time of Alexander the Great

Johanan = "Jehovah has graced"

1. a priest during the high priesthood of Joiakim who returned with Zerubbabel

2. a Jewish captain after the fall of Jerusalem

3. the eldest son of king Josiah

4. a post-exilic prince of the line of David

5. father of Azariah, priest in Solomon's time

6. a Benjamite, one of David's mighty warriors

7. a Gadite, one of David's mighty warriors

8. a returning exile

Joiada or Jehoiada = "Jehovah knows"

1. son of Paseah, who assisted to repair the old gate of Jerusalem

2. son of the high priest Eliashib in the time of Nehemiah

day, time, year

1. day (as opposed to night)

2. day (24 hour period)

   1. as defined by evening and morning in Genesis 1

   2. as a division of time

      1. a working day, a day's journey

3. days, lifetime (pl.)

4. time, period (general)

5. year

6. temporal references

   1. today

   2. yesterday

   3. tomorrow

priest, principal officer or chief ruler

1. priest-king (Melchizedek, Messiah)

2. pagan priests

3. priests of Jehovah

4. Levitical priests

5. Zadokite priests

6. Aaronic priests

7. the high priest

to write, record, enrol

1. (Qal)

   1. to write, inscribe, engrave, write in, write on

   2. to write down, describe in writing

   3. to register, enrol, record

   4. to decree

2. (Niphal)

   1. to be written

   2. to be written down, be recorded, be enrolled

3. (Piel) to continue writing

Levite = see Levi "joined to"

1. the descendants of Levi, the 3rd son of Jacob by Leah

   1. the tribe descended from Levi specially set aside by God for His service

royalty, royal power, reign, kingdom, sovereign power

1. royal power, dominion

2. reign

3. kingdom, realm

upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against

1. upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards

2. above, beyond, over (of excess)

3. above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence)

4. upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition)

5. over (of suspension or extension)

6. by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity)

7. down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to,, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion)

8. to (as a dative)

   conjunction

because that, because, notwithstanding, although

Persian = see Persia "pure" or "splendid"

1. an inhabitant of Persia

head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

1. head (of man, animals)

2. top, tip (of mountain)

3. height (of stars)

4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

5. head, front, beginning

6. chief, choicest, best

7. head, division, company, band

8. sum